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When you move away from home, following the family drama becomes like reading Game of Thrones. Instead of a 1st person POV, you’ve got multiple unreliable narrators, most of whom are assholes.

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Love this! So Inspirational!

An Introduction

Hi, I’m Anonymous. I’m a recovering (female, if anyone needs to know) IV heroin addict from America who has been through countless detox’s, inpatient rehabs, intensive outpatient groups, harm reduction strategies, medication assisted treatments, and many different support groups. My experience ranges pretty wide.  When it comes to drug use, I’ve abused basically anything I could get my hands on. Anything that could go into a syringe, I would IV. I’ve been an IV addict in numerous states. Heroin and cocaine are personally my drugs of choice. I’ve stolen, lied, cheated, lost relationships, been disowned by family, sold everything I owned, became homeless, totaled cars, sold my body, been arrested & been in jail, overdosed, seen others overdose, seen others die, and have been through many other consequences of my addiction. When it comes to treatment & detox’s, I’ve tried almost everything I know exists. I’ve been in 14-30-60-90 day inpatient rehabs. I’ve been to a Narconon (Scientology related) facility. I’ve been in psych wards. I’ve been to detox only facilities. I’ve been to many 12 step based facilities, as well as adventure based, SMART Recovery based, and luxury treatment facilities. I’ve gone to rehab out of state, stayed out of state in halfway houses, went to PHP (partial hospitalization) and IOP (intensive outpatient), and remained living in a new state thinking it would help me stay sober if I was away from my original people, places and things. I’ve been on Subutex, Suboxone, Naltrexone (pills), Vivitrol, and methadone. I’ve been through medical detox’s as well as cold turkey and warm turkey detox’s. I’ve been to personal 1-on-1 therapy as well as group therapy. I’ve been stable for long periods of time on methadone maintenance, as well as being on Vivitrol & Suboxone maintenance. I’ve been to thousands of 12 step meetings, including AA (Alcoholics Anonymous), NA (Narcotics Anonymous), CA (Cocaine Anonymous), HA (Heroin Anonymous), MA (Methadone Anonymous), CDA (Co-Dependents Anonymous), PA (Pills Anonymous), Nar-Anon (family & friends of addicts support meetings) & Al-Anon (family & friends of alcoholics support meeting). Personally, my favorite support group meeting is with SMART (Self Management and Recovery Training) Recovery. I’m about to start training to become a SMART Recovery meeting facilitator, and I’m also going to school to get my LCAC (licensed clinical addictions counselor) and LMHC (licensed mental health counselor) so that I can be a therapist and help those with something I’ve gone through myself.   I’ve decided to create this blog because during my addiction, I would find blogs from actual rehabs, and some of other addicts who were still using, but I couldn’t really find anything about different treatment options or a place for support/to ask questions or just real information besides what non-addicts believe. I also could never find anything that supported non-addicts who love an addict. So I wanted to make a blog created by a heroin addict, for heroin addicts that incorporated all of those things. Also, if anyone wants to share their story, I would absolutely love having it submitted to be posted. I am supportive of ALL forms of recovery and/or harm reduction. If you are still using, that’s okay. I understand no one is going to quit until they absolutely want to. While you are still using however, harm reduction tips can’t hurt and can only help you remain at least a little bit safer.  As a side note, this blog is meant to only be about heroin. Other drugs may be talked about, but generally I will only keep to the topic of heroin. Other mental illness’s may also be brought up, but unless it relates to your addiction, it’s irrelevant (for example, if your depression is your underlying cause of heroin abuse, then saying what could help with depression in relation to that or what to do instead of using when depressed would be okay). I also want to add real quick, that this blog can help you regardless of if you believe addiction is a disease or not. I’m not here to debate or get into politics, I only want to help others feel less alone, find information, be able to ask questions, and begin/continue to stop their addictive behaviors. Please be patient with me as I begin to get this page going. I appreciate any support you could give by reblogging or telling other addicts of this page. I will always try my best to help everyone’s needs to the best of my ability.  I am not claiming to be an expert on heroin and heroin addiction. I only know my experience and the experiences of those around me. I simply want to use my knowledge and experience to help others. All facts will be sourced. Everything is okay to reblog.

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Well done Sir.

Faith in humans restored

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